Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Neptune Township Police Department · 1 record · 2025
Separated while IA pending2025 · as reported
On October 6, 2024, Officer Kocen was untruthful and not fully cooperative with police officers from another agency during a domestic violence investigation, according to the record. Kocen separated from Neptune Township PD while an internal affairs matter was pending. The sustained charges included Truthfulness, Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, Policy and Procedures, and Misconduct.
Major discipline · 2025[1]
Separated while IA pendingSynopsis as reported by the agency
On 10/6/2024, Officer Kocen was untruthful and not fully cooperative with police officers from another police agency during a domestic violence investigation.
Joshua James · Neptune Township Police Department · 2025
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Code of Ethics; Police Officers; All Other Conduct; Prohibited Activity On-Duty; Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, Policy and…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Liam Musa · Neptune Township Police Department · 2025
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Harassment in the Workplace; Conduct Toward Other Department Employees; Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Policy and Procedures
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Kamil Warraich · Asbury Park Police Department · 2025
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): See description
same year · similar sanction outcome
Michelle Shikhman · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2025
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a)6 - Conduct unbecoming a public employee 4A:2-2.3(a) 11 – Other Sufficient Cause Code of Ethics Obedience to Laws and Rules and…
same year · similar sanction outcome
Michelle Shikhman · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2025
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a)6 - Conduct unbecoming a public employee 4A:2-2.3(a) 11 – Other Sufficient Cause Code of Ethics Standards of Conduct Performance…
same year · similar sanction outcome
5 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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On October 6, 2024, Officer Kocen was untruthful and not fully cooperative with police officers from another agency during a domestic violence investigation, according to the record. Kocen separated from Neptune Township PD while an internal affairs matter was pending. The sustained charges included Truthfulness, Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, Policy and Procedures, and Misconduct.
Matthew Kocen has one major discipline record at Neptune Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Neptune Township Police Department reported 80 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Matthew Kocen individually.